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Rogers (3-2) gave up six hits and allowed one unearned run, striking out four and walking one.

Louisville's Pedro Villarreal followed up with 2â  innings of one-hit ball, in which he allowed a run and had one strikeout, and Jose Diaz notched the save, despite giving up a solo home run in the ninth inning to Adonis Garcia.

Meanwhile, the Bats powered up on offense, starting in after two scoreless innings from both teams.

With one out in the third, Billy Hamilton doubled to right and stole third base. Following a walk to Henry Rodriguez, the rehabbing Ryan Ludwick grounded out to second to drive home Hamilton.

Felix Perez's RBI single capped the inning to make it 2-0.

Louisville tacked on two more runs in the fourth, with Mike Hessman, who led off with a double, scoring when Nevin Ashley hit a sacrifice fly to left field.

Hamilton later singled to right field to plate Kristopher Negron for a 4-0 lead.

An error in the fifth inning helped the RailRiders get on the board.

Thomas Neal led off with a single to center and scored when third baseman Neftali Soto threw the ball away trying to nab Garcia at first base.

RailRiders starter Chris Bootcheck (9-4) took the loss.

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